A new Sophia 



By T. D. A. Cockerei.i 



Sophia andrenarum 



Allied to 5. halictontm and >S. canescens {pinnata\ with which 

 it has been confused ; greener than halictorum, and more erect, 

 with the lateral stems more ascending, not purple at base : flowering 

 stem glabrous, with a very few gland-hairs : flowers yellow, con- 

 spicuous, though the color is mostly in the stamens, the petals 

 being like those of halictorum, but a little larger and yellower, and 

 as long as the sepals : upper stem-leaves once pinnatifid, with 

 very long linear divisions : green pods about 1 2 mm. long, on 

 pedicels about 10.5 mm., both pods and pedicels being distinctly 

 longer than in halictorum. 



From 5. canescens or pinnata it differs by the bushy habit, 

 with lateral stems, and the character of the upper cauline leaves. 



Var. osmiarum * 



Foliage a little coarser, segments of leaves larger, segments of 

 uppermost leaves broader : flowering stems purplish 1 , white-hairy, 

 without gland-hairs (a character of ochroleuca) : flowers as in 

 andrenarum : a coarser plant than andrenarum, with the central 

 axis more developed. The ultimate divisions of the lower leaves 

 and broad-spatulate. 



Habitat. — Mesilla Park, New Mexico, flowering in March and 

 April, both growing in dry ground, with 5. halictorum ; very abun- 

 dant this year on the campus of the N. M. Agricultural College. 

 There can be no doubt that this is distinct from S. halictorum, 

 which differs constantly in its foliage and its inconspicuous flowers. 

 It has not been thought necessary to repeat in the description the 

 numerous characters common to all species of this immediate 

 group. 



ites the species of Sophia which 1 



Mexico. I have not seen S. Cum- 



Mexico, but it differs from halictorum 



Indiana, reported from New Mexico, but it differs from halictorum 

 and andrenarum by its larger pods, which are pubescent. In our 



* Possibly a hybrid with S. ochroleuca (?). 



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